May 9, 2013

Lean strips of chicken breast, bell peppers and onions served sizzling hot with warm tortillas and shredded cheese. If this is your idea of delicious, you are not alone!

My husband Tommy is a creature of habit; anytime we go out for Mexican he always orders chicken fajitas. In fact when we went to Mexico a few years ago, he may have ordered them almost every night! I find that amusing because I get really bored of eating the same thing twice, and tend to always take a chance and try something completely new to me.

But chicken fajitas are a regular in my home, we make them at least once a month and the whole family enjoys them. My younger daughter Madison likes her bell peppers raw, so I chop some up and just set them aside for her and cut up the chicken. You can make the whole thing outside on the grill using a cast iron skillet to cook the peppers and onions as we usually do in the summer, or you can cook this indoors in a skillet. Enjoy!

This recipe was from the archives, but I made some minor changes to the original, and found those cute fajita cast iron skillets and tortilla warmers at Target by Imusa (a brand I love for Latin cookware), which was the perfect excuse for a new photo. They really make you feel like you're having a fiesta!!! I may need to buy this tortilla press next!

Marinate the chicken with lime juice, and season with chile powder, salt, pepper, garlic powder and cumin.

Season vegetables with salt and pepper and toss with olive oil. To grill the onions and peppers outside on the grill, use a cast iron skillet and grill covered over medium heat until tender, about 15 minutes. Or, to cook them indoors, you can use a large skillet on the stove over medium heat for 16 to 18 minutes, covered until the onions and peppers are soft.

Heat an outdoor grill or indoor grill pan over medium heat; grill chicken until cooked through, about 8 minutes on each side. Transfer to a cutting board when done and cut into strips. Once cooked, combine with the peppers and onions. Serve immediately with warmed tortillas, cheese and toppings.

I've been doing WeightWatchers for 7 months now and got in a rut of eating the same things over and over again - tried this last week and oh my God, it was so delicious. Thanks for posting all these great recipes!

I love this site.... I really wish you had a cookbook out... I would buy it in a heart beat.. My BF makes fun of me cause I love looking at recipes & printing up tons of them... Now I just need to make some more of them.. I can't wait to try this one & the Chicken Enchiladas... Made the Spinach rolls Awsome.. Made the Chocolate Zucchini Bread... Yummy So So Moist

I was wondering if there is something I could use instead of onions and bell peppers. I suffer from migrains and they are both triggers for me. In most recipes I can just omit them but in this case that leaves me with just chicken. Which is fine but I have always wanted to make this with something else for more flavor and texture.

wow, so nice of you, not everyone thinks the same way. I would try maybe zucchini julienned, mushrooms, fajita can be interpreted as more the style of cooking the meat and serving it in tortilla's than what is actually in it. Be creative and put together a combo that sounds good to you.

Ahem...Cindy dear, the comment that you just blasted is from over a year ago. Not sure she is going to come back and see your negative comment. She could make a wrap with the chicken using the lime juice and spices and sub other veg. Not everyone is an experienced cook on this site. Take it easy.

Gina, this was absolutely delicious! I live in Texas and am spoiled by our great TexMex restaurants, but I have to compliment you on this recipe. The marinade made the chicken moist and delicious. I cooked the chicken and the veggies in a very hot skillet with Pam (no olive oil). The results were awesome and so filling. Great rec on the tortillas too. Hubby and 6-year-old son loved it. Thank you. --Shelley

WOW! We just made and devoured this meal. I also just ordered basically the same thing from Chili's last week and this made me realize how eating fresh and organic is SO important to our bodies. This is one of the freshest meals that I've had aside from juicing. Thank you Gina!

I made this tonight. I admit, I was skeptical on whether it would have enough flavor. I make fajitas a lot but usually just buy the seasoning packet and make it that way. I've never made it without. I used chicken tenderloins, because it's all I had and ended up marinating it for a couple hours before dinner time finally rolled around. It had great flavor. The chicken was tender and moist. And the veggies were so good! I've never thought to grill veggies on my Foreman grill like that. The flavors were so much better than making them in a pan. Another great recipe, thank you!

I have been trying to kick the habit of bottled marinades and this is perfect for that! Thanks for the simple marinade/rub. :) We have fajitas all the time, year round. I even freeze a pepper/onion mix for when the peppers are out of season. If you are watching carbs, you can make a 'bare' fajita by serving the above over quinoa instead of using a tortilla. YUM!

i enjoyed this recipe,i have also done a similar one with very thin sliced beef flash fried in a pan with a squirt of one cal oil,veggies still griddled and that was nice as well.also have served this with home made flatbreads (griddled chapati),but not sure of the calories for them. thx for the share :-))

I almost order the same thing when we go out for Mexican food too: steak tacos! Although we just discovered that a new Mexican restaurant in town has pulled pork tacos that are just as good as their steak, so I may be changing my order... And I love the way your daughter thinks - raw red bell peppers are my favorite vegetable!

Me too..but the Kroger brand (From Smith's in my area) 0% Fat Greek Yogurt is awesome and creamy, not tangy like the other ones..which is nice as it is the generic brand and I like it better than the name brands.

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Loved it! All of your recipes are 5 stars! I live by your recipes, and tell everyone to try them! Do you by chance have the nutrition for this without the tortillas factored in? We don't have a trader joes near so will be using different tortillas and I would like the option of just eating the filling alone or as a salad topper. Thanks so much!!

Yum yum yum! Been following your blog for a couple years now and love every recipe I try. And I just wanted to let you know that I just added three things to my wedding registry because of your recommendations :)

I made this last night and it was so delicious! We had it with a bit of your southwestern black bean salad on the side. We didn't have a cast iron skillet for the bbq, so my husband put the veggies in tin foil and made them a little pouch to steam. They turned out fantastic! This is so simple and delicious - definitely going to be one of our regular meals. Thanks again Gina. As always, your recipes are fantastic!

Gina - This chicken was great! Didn't have limes but worked great with lemons. For a lower calorie idea, I made everything and put it on top of butter lettuce, added salsa as a dressing and crushed Food Should Taste Good multigrain chips on top. DELISH!

Tried this last night, just wonderful. We added some salsa and light sour cream so the calories were still down. Besides the wonderful flavor, we actually were full with the serving size of two. Bravo!! Last but not least, found some tortillas that were only 60 calories each, gotta love that! Thanks!!

I made these last night and they turned out wonderfully. Your marinade rocks my socks.

We ended up putting some tinfoil down on our grill and grilling the veggies like that (I also tossed in some mushrooms because for some reason we had a million of them in our fridge.) So good. Thanks for the awesome recipe. I know I've ended up on your site many times before looking at recipes. Glad I finally got to try one out! :)

Made this this evening and it was awesome. I didn't even use the tortilla shells because the flavor is so great that I didn't think it needed anything but a small amount of cheese. I was introduced to your site 4 days ago and have already made 3 recipes. THANK YOU for sharing such great recipes with the world!

I made this this week and it was delicious. I didn't use the tortilla shells I didn't have any in stock in my cupboard, so I had it over rice excellent. I will try it with tortilla shells next. But over rice was a good change too. Thank for the easy to do recipe.